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Bakewell, Pears & Co., Pittsburgh Flint Glass Works
| Name | Bakewell, Pears & Co., Pittsburgh Flint Glass Works |
| Ortssitz | Allegheny City (Pa.) |
| Straße | Bingham Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Glasfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Bis 1840 unter der Firma "Bakewell, Payn & Bakewell". Lage: Südseite der Straße; bis 1854 auf dem Gelände der Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 136] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1808 |
Gründung unter der Firma "Bakewell, Payn & Bakewell" |
| 1840 |
Umfirmierung aus "Bakewell, Payn & Bakewell" nach Eintritt von J. P. Pears in "Bakewell, Pears & Co." |
| 1854 |
Verlegung zur Bingham Street |
| 1874 |
Tod von J. P. Pears |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Glas |
1840 |
Beginn |
1879 |
[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 136] |
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| Trinkgläser |
1840 |
Beginn |
1879 |
[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 136] |
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| ZEIT | 1879 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Among those firms which are most intimately connected with the history of Pittsburgh, its infant struggles, growth and subsequent prosperity, sharing and promoting every matter of public interest, the house of Bakewell, Pears & Co. will assuredly take a prominent position. For three-quarters of a century its career has been closely allied to the Glass
trade in all its various stages, and to a marked degree conducive to the thrift and importance that places this branch of our manufactures upon so solid a footing. Established in 1808, under the style of Bakewell, Payn & Bakewell, the success of the enterprise, as the first of its kind west of the Alleghany mountains, was assured from its inception. In 1840 the firm name was changed to its present style by the admision of Mr. J. P. Pears, who, for 30 years, until his death in 1874, was one of the most prominent of our glass manufacturers. The present firm, whose individual members are Benj. B. Campbell, Thomas C. Benj. B., and Harry P. Pears, succeeded to the business in 1878, These gentlemen are
descended from the original founders of the enterprise, and may be said to have an acquired as well as inherited knowledge of the Glass trade, which is evidently turned to the best interests of the house, in securing a general superiority of work in those specialties for which the firm has become celebrated. In 1854 the plant of Bakewell, Pears A Co. was removed from its ancient site on the ground now occupied by the B. & O. R.R. depot to its present location in Bingham Street, South Side. In making this change various improvements were made, and the factories considerably enlarged and more perfectly adapted to the modern requirements of the business. The establishment now occupies an area of several acres, consisting of 2 furnaces, 10 pots each; 2 warehouses, 40x125 each, and iron-clad; store house, packing room, cutting shops, offices, and other buildings, supplied with one engine and boiler for driving the machinery - 25 horse power, and engaging the labor of 125 artizans and others, necessitating a weekly disbursement of over $1,400. The wares manufactured by this house are mainly in the line of all descriptions of Crystal Glass and Cut Table Ware, Bar Service, Druggists' Furniture, Lantern Glasses, and all sorts of blown and pressed goods, together with the finest cut, etched and engraved ware, for which they have achieved a reputation unsurpassed, if equalled, by any competitor in the country. With such a product and such a history, it is not too much to assert that the firm of Bakewell, Pears & Co. is regarded in every respect as being representative of the Glass trade, and the general enterprise of the community. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 136] |
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